o reduce accidents and fatalities on the roadways and to guard against distracted drivers, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recommends companies develop or upgrade their employee driving guidelines, and, that states improve driver education information. Read More »
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Brain Imaging — Driver Distraction
When you drive, how much of a distraction is talking on a cell phone, eating or fiddling with the radio? Read More »
Distracted Driving Legislation
GHSA has long believed that there are a variety of distractions that either cause a driver to crash or contribute to the crash and the Association's policy reflects this fact. Dr. Stutts' research validates what state highway safety offices have long known: distractions such as talking with other passengers, looking at objects outside the vehicle, adjusting the radio and eating, are just as likely if not more likely to distract the driver as a cell phone. Read More »
University Of Maryland Researcher Launches Website To Report Crashes And Near-Misses
In an effort to improve traffic safety, a University of Maryland School of Medicine researcher is urging drivers around the country to report the circumstances of their accidents and near-misses to a special web site -- www.accident-report.org. Read More »
Make Sure Your Garage is Vehicle Friendly
You just invested thousands of dollars in a new, car truck or SUV. Fortunately, you can keep it safely tucked away in a garage rather than in a parking lot or on the street. But is it really safe? Surprisingly, many cars are damaged while parked in garages. Here are few tips to prevent them from suffering dings, dents, scratches or worse damage. Read More »
Power Adjustable Pedals Are A Fantastic Feature
It's about time a product was introduced that enabled drivers of different heights to perfectly adjust their location to control the vehicle. Read More »
Keeping Pets Safe On Short Trips In The Car
The combination of pets and vehicles on television and in film has always been a little far fetched. Chevy Chase driving with a dog tied to his bumper in "National Lampoon's Vacation," the reckless and never wreck-less cat Toonces from "Saturday Night Live," and the thoughtful hand signals of Clyde the orangutan in the movie "Every Which Way But Loose" come to mind. Whether or not you find them humorous depends on your comedic inclinations. Either way, they don't accurately portray the serious side of driving with your pets. For those of us that do so, the lion's share of them are short trips. Drives to the v-e-t, dog park, and the like. Like anything, there are right ways and wrong ways. Read More »
Road Rage: Taming the Road Warrior In Each Of Us
What would your reaction be to the following situation? You're travelling down the street in your car at a reasonable rate of speed, when the car just ahead of you in the next lane suddenly cuts you off.Stunned, scared and taken off guard, what would you do? Read More »
Fight Impaired Driving
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) offers the following suggestions to help fight impaired driving Read More »
Graduated Drivers Licenses Make Sense To Parents And Teens
driving license is a ticket to freedom for 16 year-olds but too often the price is steep. Auto crashes cause a third of all teen deaths, and 16 year olds are involved in five times as many fatal accidents as the general public. Read More »